Energy and Environment News Roundup – 10.11.13
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
Fossil fuel divestment spreading faster than any previous campaign – even Apartheid (via CleanTechnica)
Could China’s carbon emissions peak sooner than expected? (via RTCC)
Number of new carbon capture and storage plants drops 10% (via The Guardian)
OIL
Southern leg of Keystone XL pipeline nearly complete (via The Oklahoman)
North Dakota pipeline spills over 20,000 barrels of crude oil (via Climate Progress)
RENEWABLES
Citibank: Renewables will get bulk of world’s new power investment (via Houston Chronicle)
UK offshore wind industry calls for 14GW by 2022 (via Recharge)
This is how much and where algae fuel could be grown on the planet (via GigaOm)
Siemens seeks 30% cost cut in offshore wind (via Recharge)
Next-generation biofuels inching toward reality, gallon by gallon (via Time)
EPA may reduce ethanol blending volumes for 2014 (via Reuters)
Cracking the code of residential solar power (via CleanTechnica)
Quest for cheap, nonfood biofuel starts with a brewery (via ClimateWire)
California’s 600MW shared renewables law targets distributed solar in low-income areas (via Solar Industry Magazine)
Gulf Coast beckons wind farms when West Texas gusts fade (via Houston Chronicle)
Ohio business group opposes rollback of renewable energy rules (via Columbus Dispatch)
Google invests another $103 million in renewable power (via San Francisco Chronicle)
New York State’s Green Bank casts wide net over clean energy sector (via GreenBiz)
ENERGY POLICY
Canadian spies met with energy firms, documents reveal (via The Guardian)
FERC seeks order enforcing Barclays $488 million fine (via Bloomberg)
CLIMATE
Floods could have catastrophic impact on Australia’s east coast (via The Guardian)
Tens of thousands flee vast cyclone bearing down on India (via Reuters)
Seven mostly awful climate change winners (via Weather Underground)
Texas compares to Midwest and West in climate attitudes (via EcoAffect)
Pennsylvania publishes climate change impacts report 18 months late (via StateImpact Pennsylvania)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Energy efficiency is one of the hottest clean tech sectors (via Greentech Media)
Could the US Navy lead the way on energy efficiency? (via Breaking Energy)
The “other” type of commercial financing: PACE (via Renewable Energy World)
NATURAL GAS/FRACKING
France’s fracking ban “absolute” after court upholds law (via Bloomberg)
Ohio considers rule for fracking wastewater sites (via Houston Chronicle
TRANSPORTATION
California initiative will streamline permitting of new hydrogen and EV fueling stations (via Green Car Congress)
Fisker government loan heads to auction block today (via Reuters)
OPINION
European electricity providers face an existential threat: How to lose half a trillion euros (via The Economist)
Time for governments to end energy subsidies (via Reuters)
Politics is poorly suited to address global warming (via Washington Post)
Media sowed doubt in coverage of IPCC climate report (via Media Matters)
Parks take center stage in shutdown fight (via The Hill)